SOCIAL FACILITATION
SOCIAL FACILITATION
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DOI:
10.1126/science.149.3681.269
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发表时间:
1965-01-01
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影响因子:
56.9
通讯作者:
ZAJONC, RB
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ZAJONC, RB
In this article an attempt has been made to pull together the early, almost forgotten work on social facilitation, and to explain the seemingly conflicting results. This explanation is related to the one originally proposed by Allport, who theorized that "the sights and sounds of others doing the same thing" augment ongoing responses. Allport, however, proposed this effect only for overt motor responses, assuming that "intellectual or implicit responses of thought are hampered rather than facilitated" by the presence of others. This latter conclusion was probably suggested to him by the negative results he observed in his research on the effects of co-action on problem solving. However, the presence of others may have effects considerably more complex than that of increasing the individual''s arousal level. It may provide cues as to appropriate or inappropriate responses, as in the case of imitation or vicarious learning. Or it may supply the individual with cues as to the measure of danger in an ambiguous or stressful situation.